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- Morrison worked for a lady and she earned 2 dollars for cleaning the woman's house. she didn't like the job but she did it for money mostly to give half of the wages to her mother so she wouldn't be a burden to her.
- But a larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half of my wages to my mother. I was not like the children in folktales.burdensome mouths to feed, nuisances to be corrected, problems so severe that they were abandoned to the forest. (3)
- Morrison got better at cleaning the woman's house so the woman gave her more tasks. Morrison had a hard time doing these task but didn't complain because she was scared of being fired.I wanted to refuse, or at least to complain, but I was afraid she would fire me, and I would lose the freedom the dollar gave me (5)
- Yes ma'am
- move the dresser out the room
- Morrison's boss would offer her old clothes for some of her money and Morrison would buy it but then her mother asked is she really wanted old worn out clothes so Morrison learned to say no.Until my mother asked me if I really wanted to work for castoffs. So I learned to say No, thank you to a faded sweater offered for a quarter of a weekly's pay (5)
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